The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-12-16
state News.

rise.
Arcadia has 1900 inhabitants, and
has shipped la,O6s bales of cotton to
date. ... ...
Two cotton gins have been de
stroyed by fire in Richland parish re-
Gently.
Anegro was killed in Coushatta by
his wife, whom he had beaten qnite
severely.
Elijah O'Ncill, coIored, killed Fl.
Bennett during a gambling quarrel
at Shreveport,
The locomotive is now running
daily over three miles of the Natchi'
toches tap road.
A turnip has been raised in Anite
City which measures 26 inches around
and weighs 9 pounds.
A gin, four cars and large amount
of cotton burned at Lafayette last
week. Loss, $4,000.
During quarrel about bat Prince
Gaines killed Philip Edwards al
Shreveport. Both colored.
A little colorod girl, daughter OF
Paul Mullen, fell into the bayou at
PIaquomine and was drownded.
S. II. Guynemuir, of Shreveport,
was run over aud killed at Vicksburg,
by train on the L., N, o. & T.
MIR. Pierre David of Point Coupee
aged 81, committed suicide by blow
ing out his brains with shot gun,
A third attempt was made last Fri
day night to burn the mills of The
Burton Lumber Co., at Shreveport,
Rene Bertrand, of Breaux Bridge
St. Martin parish, walked up agains
a fly wheel and had his jaw fractured
Sylvester Jones, a noted ShroVe
port desperate, was shot and killed
in that city by negro named vii
Taylor,
VIM. Lowe, a brakeman, fell be
tween two cars at Edgorly, St. Mari
parish, and had to have both legs am
putated.
A large sausage mandatory, will
rendering tanks of 1000 gallon capae
ity, will shortly be established il
Shreveport
The Central Louisiana Fair, a
Baton Rouge, last week, was success
fuI, both financially and in point 0
attendance.
A little colored girl caught fire an
was burned to death at the Fesidenc
Of her grandfather, about two mile
from Amite City.
It took a letter with special dt
livery stamp four days to travel !
miles from one point in Catahoul
parish to another,
During tremendous storm a boI
Of lightning killed boy named Jak
Branch at Gaiennis' place, ten mile
above Natchitoehes.
The Vermilliop parish Police JuT
, has voted an appropriation Of 500
toward building bridge over VI
Lower Bayou Queue Tortue.
Five Colt repeating rifles were r
ceiyed at the express office at Mo
/, gan City for colored people, last weeI
and fourteen more are ordered.
A train on the Alexandria branc
Of The Southern Pacific railroad, SON
Eve miles above Franklin, ran oyf
! and seriously injured two negroes
Louis Armstead, colored, charge
J With the killing Of John Leckie,
, merchant near Alexapdria, has bee
Z sentenced to Imprisonment for life.
Charles Fayors Of St, Joseph, Tel
. sas parish, shot q. Blum, merchal
!, Of that place, aad then committed sn
eide. Fayors is believed 10 have bet
insane.
, An accident occurred on the ~
p. road near Dearborn station, ~
/. Mr.. Charles Edmopds, member Of q
. shreyepor. Light Guards, was severe
cut about the face
Shreveport has suffered from Z
! festive qfakirp during the past fa
!. The correspondent Of the Pieqya
q from that point says they are Il
& numerous 70 mention
A difficulty occurred between
Wright and Warren johnson, b
z colored tenants on The plantation,
u Ruston, Of tic B. p Mays estate, +
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